It’s silence remains unbroken; no words can carry it away. Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear–filling grandeur.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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